Zersenay Tadese 58:23 WR in Lisbon

Lisbon (Portugal), March 21st, 2010 - Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea smashed the World Record in Half Marathon, clocking 58:23, and also the 20 km World Record (55:21) en route

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[TheNexus]

@yrug4y444 his resting heart rate must be -5 beats per hour.

[poikonen01]

Its gotta suck to run a sub-hour half-marathon and still be beaten by a minute and a half.

[care4rfallen34]

Ryan Hall is still fastest American Half Marathon record Holder.

[SlighterFacility]

@sm4llbit Dude sorry... I don't know what I was thinking when I responded to your comment like that. I was just mad becuase I am the fastest runner at my school and people were always accusing me of "sprinting" each race, which I wasn't, and it just really bothered me. So sorry to take out all of my anger on you, will you forgive me?

[LMaster1]

@MySonOfSam Don't stress about it, ideal cadence varies greatly from runner to runner. Some people like Tadese here have a very high cadence of 210, whereas other great runners like Lawi Lalang have a lower cadence of less than 180.

Cadence is really only an issue if your cadence is extremely low and your "jumping"/"hopping" between strides.

[LMaster1]

@SlighterFacility While Tadese is not even close to sprinting the guy you responded to is correct...in a manner of speaking.

For the average person, Tadese's pace would be a sprint FOR THEM. 100m at that pace would be 16.75 seconds, and a 400m sprint at that pace would be 67 second pace. The average person grabbed at random from the population doesn't have a chance in hell at a 67 second 400 and probably not 16.75 100m.

Distance runners aren't sprinting, but top ones pace is a sprint to most.

[LMaster1]

@qweasd123932 From 3:10-3:30 his left foot strikes the ground 34 times. Considering 30 would be "standard" that's extremely high cadence.

[developskill]

simple the best.

[LMaster1]

@mhjklko Yea, it is truly insane. I'd be surprised if the typical male selected from the population could SPRINT one lap of the track at this pace.

[kozmon0t]

@rdaines1 most coaches would hate his form... heel striking, shoulders moving, head bobbing everywhere. But it seems to work for him

[rdaines1]

i can't stop watching his right foot strike, looks painful....but whatever can't say shit when HE'S running under hour half marathons!!